Paenibacillus macerans

Paenibacillus macerans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Paenibacillaceae
Genus:
Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994
Species:
Paenibacillus macerans
Binomial name
Paenibacillus macerans
Synonyms
Bacillus macerans
Schardinger 1905

Aerobacillus macerans
Donker 1926
Zymobacillus macerans
Kluyver and van Niel 1936
Bactrillum macerans
Pribram 1933
Bacillus acetoethylicum
Northrop et al. 1919
Bacillus betanigrificans
Cameron et al. 1936
Bacillus soli
Alerie and Gray 1947
Aerobacillus schuylkilliensis
Eisenberg 1942

Bacillus vagans
Alarie and Gray 1947

Paenibacillus macerans is a diazotroph bacterium found in soil and plants capable of nitrogen fixation and fermentation. This bacteria was originally discovered in 1905 by an Austrian biologist named Schardinger and thought to be a bacillus.[1]

  1. ^ "Paenibacillus macerans - Information on Paenibacillus macerans - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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